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State meteorologist briefs council on cloud seeding, evaluations and environmental monitoring
Summary
Utah Division of Water Resources meteorologist Jonathan Jennings described ground, aerial and drone-based cloud-seeding operations, cited evaluation studies that suggest a 6–12% increase in snowpack statewide, and outlined an environmental monitoring plan to test for silver in snow and water samples.
The council received an extended briefing on Utah—s cloud-seeding programs, evaluation methods and planned environmental studies.
Jonathan Jennings, meteorologist with the Utah Division of Water Resources, framed cloud seeding as a long-standing atmospheric-science tool and described three operational modes: ground-based remote generators, aircraft releases and a new drone-based Bear River Basin pilot. "This is a means of affordable new water production," Jennings said, describing remote ground generators and a new drone waiver that will allow drones to fly into clouds and…
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